Brainpop - Plate Tectonics

Who is the scientist that proposed the theory of the supercontinent called Pangaea?

• Alfred Wegener

• Harry Hess

• Charles Darwin

• Isaac Newton

What evidence supported Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift?

• Similar fossils and rock layers found on different continents

• The discovery of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• The presence of active volcanoes

• The Earth's magnetic field

What do you call the theory proposed by Harry Hess where it states that a new seafloor is formed because of the movement of the crusts?

• Seafloor Spreading

• Continental Drift

• Plate Tectonics

• Convection Currents

What do you call the outermost rigid layer of the Earth?

• Lithosphere

• Mantle

• Core

• Crust

What do you call the pieces that the Earth's lithosphere is cracked into?

• Blocks

• Plates

• Segments

• Sections

What do you call the movement caused by the convection currents that occurs inside the Earth?

• Continental Drift

• Seafloor Spreading

• Plate Tectonics

• Geological Shift

What are the three types of plate boundaries?

• Convergent, Divergent, and Transform

• Subduction, Spreading, and Sliding

• Collision, Separation, and Friction

• Active, Passive, and Stable

Where do volcanoes commonly form?

• In the middle of continental plates

• At subduction zones and divergent boundaries

• Only on land, never in the ocean

• Where two continental plates collide

What is the name of the massive chain of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean?

• The Pacific Rim

• The Volcanic Arc

• The Ring of Fire

• The Oceanic Belt